"People want bright, showy plants but you also have to think about what is insect friendly too," she said.

The pictures are beautiful, showing to perfection the way the Popes used showy plants in the garden.

Pots of these showy plants are great by the front door.

The showy plants comprise some 8 per cent of flowering species.

Though hardly a showy plant, its needle-thin blades look almost silver, especially when covered by a film of dew.

When the leaves of showy plants start to turn black, they are not diseased, but covered with black sooty mold.

Keep these showy plants in places close to the house where water can be carried to them, if need be.

Many flowers come into bloom at the same time, making for a very showy plant.

This popular and showy plant has attracted a number of common names.

But before any showy or favorite native plants are introduced to the confines of a home landscape, some of the their true nature should be established.